The Devil in Velvet

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Overview:

Title: The Devil in Velvet
Author: John Dickson Carr
Year: 1987
ISBN-10: 0881843288
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Price: $3.95
Pages: 335
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Devil in Velvet
Notes: Second printing. Per copyright page, the first and second printings were in 1987. Locus gives the month of the first as August.
Pages 331-335 are "Notes for the Curious" (historical details) by the author.
Cover is uncredited.